Documentation of the Israeli abuse of power, mistreatment of humanity, and perpetration of the genocidal war on the Palestinian people in the  Gaza Strip.

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Europeans Call for Ceasefire While Providing Israel with Weapons,

103 Palestinians Are Killed and 427 Are Injured, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 55,207 and Injuries to 127,821

June 12, 2025

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Editor's Notes:  

Here are some initial (not final) statistics, which show the Israeli war crimes against humanity, during the current Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, based on the reliable data reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza:

By June 12, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 68,640+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (55,207) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,433+). 

By June 12, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 127,821.

By June 12, 2025, according to news report, 979 Palestinians who were killed, 6,832 who were injured, and 12,273*, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023.   

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(The Palestine Information Center reported that there were 925 deaths and 14,500 kidnappings but without mentioning how many were released, by February 27, 2025).  

Note About the Missing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip:

On February 26, 2025, the Palestinian Center for Political and Development Studies announced that the number of the missing in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 14,000 people, including 2,000-3,000 held in Israeli occupation prisons, without releasing any information on their fate.

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103 Palestinians were killed, 427 were injured, mostly children, women, and elderly, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, which brought the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 55,207 and the injuries to 127,821, June 12, 2025.	The UNRWA warned that the current Israeli-controlled aid distribution mechanism in the Gaza Strip, fails to address the deepening hunger crisis and endangers Palestinian lives, June 12, 2025.
The Israeli occupation forces uprooted olive trees, belonging to citizen Ziyad Sa'eed Abdul Ra'heem, in 'Odala village, south of Nablus, June 12, 2025.	The Israeli occupation forces deployed military reinforcements and bulldozers to the Jineen refugee camp, in the northern West Bank, escalating their campaign of destruction in the area, June 12, 2025.
Due to the continuous Israeli blockade, particularly on food, starving Palestinians trying to get lentil soup from one of the few remaining local charities in Al-Nusayrat, in central Gaza Strip, June 13, 2025.	Due to the continuous Israeli blockade, particularly on food, starving Palestinians waiting the arrival of any Israeli-controlled food supplies, in northern Gaza Strip, on June 12, 2025.
Grieving, at the Shifa hospital, the death of Palestinian family members, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on northern Gaza Strip, on June 12, 2025.	Carrying, to Al-'Awda hospital, the injured and martyred Palestinians, who were attacked by the Israeli occupation forces, near the food distribution center, north of Al-Nusayrat, in central Gaza Strip, on June 12, 2025.

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

"مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا"  (الْمَائِدَةُ ، 5: 32).

"وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا" (النِّسَاءُ ، 4: 93).

"إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ لِيَسُوءُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِيراً ‎(الإسْرَاءُ ، 17: 7). 

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

"Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, unless for a soul, or for corruption in the land, it is as if he had killed humankind entirely" (The Holy Quran, Al-Ma-ida, 5: 32).

"And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him, and has cursed him, and has prepared for him a great torment" (Al-Nisa, 4: 93).

"If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, (you do it) to yourselves. Then, when the latter (final) promise came, they (your enemies) will sadden your faces, and to enter the Masjid (in Jerusalem), as they entered it the first time, and will destroy what they had taken over with (total) destruction (Al-Isra, 17: 7). 

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While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written human history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of Prophets David and Solomon , peace be upon them, and Solomon's son).

 After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

By the Time Jesus, peace be upon him, started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

No matter what the Zionists and their supporters do, they cannot change the will of God, Who promised the Holy Land to Abraham and his descendants, basically the Palestinian Muslims and Christians.

No matter how much persecution and aggression the Zionists and their supporters inflict upon the Palestinian people, they will never be able to force them out of the Holy Land, which Allah, praise to Him, promised for them, and kept His promise ever since.

This is a necessary brief background to understand the US-Backed Zionist Israeli continuous wars against the Arab nation generally, and the Palestinian people in particular, which included the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967, 1978, 1982, the brutal crushing of the two Uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2004), 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021, and the current genocidal war on Gaza (Since October 7, 2023), which has culminated a blockade of Gaza since 2007. In addition, the Israeli occupation and apartheid regime launched so many covert operations, raids, and air strikes on many Arab states since 1948.

The following news stories are just examples, not a systematic record, of the Israeli occupation government abuse, mistreatment, and violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis.

Killing and Injuring of Palestinians in Ghazza (Gaza) by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces

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Gaza hospitals receive 103 martyrs, 427 injured in the past 24 hours

Thursday 12-June-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Over the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of at least 103 martyrs, including aid seekers, as well as 427 people suffering from different injuries following the Israeli genocidal attacks on the Palestinian people.

The new fatalities increased the death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, which started on October 7, 2023, to over 55,207 martyrs. The number of the wounded also surged to about 127,821 people, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, on Thursday.

At least 21 aid seekers were killed and more than 294 injured by Israeli gunfire today, bringing the total number of people killed since last May at US-Israeli aid distribution centers to 245, with 2,152 others injured.

The total number of slain people and wounded since March 18, when the occupation violated the ceasefire agreement, has reached 4,924, while 15,780 others were wounded.

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11 Palestinians killed, dozens injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

GAZA, June 12, 2025 (WAFA) —

At least 11 Palestinians were killed and dozens more injured on Thursday following a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting areas in southern and central Gaza, according to medical sources.

Five people were confirmed killed and others wounded in an airstrike on the Batn Al-Samin area in Khan Younis, located in the southern Gaza Strip.

In a separate incident, six more Palestinians were killed when Israeli drones targeted a gathering of civilians in Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central region of the enclave. The injured were transported to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, the Israeli military also carried out demolitions of civilian homes in eastern Khan Younis, coinciding with artillery shelling in the same area. Additional artillery attacks were reported in Jabalia in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, affecting large areas.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 55,207 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 127,821 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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 Israeli strikes kill eight Palestinians in Gaza, Jabalya, and Khan Younus as death toll rises to over 55,000

GAZA, June 12, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Eight Palestinians were killed on Thursday afternoon in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting several areas across the Gaza Strip, including Gaza City, Jabalya refugee camp, and Khan Younis, according to medical sources.

Four civilians were killed and others wounded in a strike on the Al-Maqousi towers area in northwestern Gaza City. Two more were killed in an attack on the Beer Al-Na'ja area west of Jabalya in northern Gaza, while another two lost their lives in Al-Batn Al-Sameen area south of Khan Younus.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that 103 Palestinians were killed and 427 injured in the past 24 hours alone, as Israel's ongoing military assault continues.

Since the start of the war on October 7, 2023, the death toll in Gaza has climbed to 55,207, with 127,821 wounded, in what has become one of the deadliest and most destructive campaigns in the territory’s history.

Y.S.

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 Israeli strikes kill seven Palestinians, injure others across Gaza

GAZA, June 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli strikes on Thursday killed seven Palestinians and injured others across the war-battered Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.

They said that Israeli airstrikes targeted the Old Gaza Street in Jabalia in the northern Strip, claiming the lives of three civilians and injuring others.

The slain civilians and casualties were rushed to al-Shifa Medical Complex.

Another strike targeted a house of the al-Barsh family on the same street.

Meanwhile, Israeli combat drones attacked the area of the al-Maqusi Towers, west of Gaza City, killing four civilians and injuring others.

Israel unilaterally ended the Gaza ceasefire agreement and resumed its aggression on the Strip on Tuesday, March 18, carrying out a wave of bloody airstrikes across the Strip and killing hundreds of Palestinians.

The death toll reached at least 4,924 with 15,780 others wounded, according to medical sources. In the last 24 hours, the bodies of 103 slain Palestinians and 427 casualties were admitted to Gaza hospitals.

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 55,207 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 127,821 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

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 Israeli military orders evacuation around Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis

KHAN YOUNIS, June 12, 2025 (WAFA) —

The Israeli occupation military has issued warnings to Palestinian civilians and displaced persons in and around the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, demanding they evacuate the area and move toward Al-Mawasi and other locations.

Eyewitnesses report that civilians, including journalists, began to evacuate the vicinity amidst rising tension and widespread panic over fears of a possible Israeli airstrike and new massacres. This development comes amid a near-total blackout of communications and internet services in the Gaza Strip.

According to medical sources, Israeli occupation forces directly contacted people in the area surrounding the Nasser Medical Complex, declaring it a “military operations zone” and ordering evacuation. This has raised concerns that the complex may be deliberately targeted and pushed out of service, especially as surrounding residential blocks are also being threatened.

Nasser Medical Complex is the only facility in southern Gaza that provides specialized services, including dialysis, neonatal intensive care, surgical operations, and critical care. Its shutdown would endanger the lives of hundreds of patients and trigger a major humanitarian disaster.

Local sources warned that after effectively disabling medical infrastructure in northern Gaza, the Israeli military is now systematically targeting the southern health system as well. There is growing alarm that this could lead to a complete collapse of healthcare services in the region.

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  Israeli forces order evacuation of neighborhoods in Gaza City ahead of heavy bombardment

GAZA, June 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces today issued evacuation orders for the Old City and the neighborhoods of Al-Rawdah and Al-Tuffah in eastern Gaza City, warning residents to leave ahead of what was described as an imminent and intense bombardment.

This move is part of an ongoing campaign of forced displacements across the Gaza Strip since Israel's resumption of the genocide on March 18. According to local reports, such alerts have become a near-daily occurrence, affecting thousands of civilians.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) recently reported that around 82 percent of Gaza’s territory is now either designated as Israeli military zones or subject to evacuation orders. 

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Killing, Injuring, and Abduction of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces 

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Occupation forces kill Palestinian near Jineen

Jineen, June 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces on Thursday killed a Palestinian youth near the northern occupied West Bank city of Jenin, according to the Health Ministry.

The Ministry reported that the General Authority of Civil Affairs announced that the occupation forces opened fire at Khaled Munir Abdul-Qader Houbi, killing him, and withheld his body.

The occupation army alleged that Houbi, 40, opened fire at soldiers at a checkpoint near the colony of Hormesh, established on Palestinians’ lands near Yabad town.

No soldiers were injured in the alleged shooting attack.

The circumstances surrounding the alleged stabbing attempt remain unclear and are largely based on the Israeli version of events.

Israel has been criticized for its reflexive use of lethal force and “extrajudicial killings” when Palestinian alleged attackers no longer pose an immediate threat. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that the circumstances surrounding such killings over the past months remain disputed.

Video footage for similar alleged attacks appears to contradict Israeli military claims, showing alleged Palestinian attackers did not even attempt to carry out any attacks. Some footage showed Israeli forces manipulating the crime scene following such killings.

Official statistics indicate that Israeli occupation soldiers and colonists have sharply stepped up their attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since October 2023, killing 990 Palestinians and injuring approximately 7,000 others. Over 17,500 Palestinians were detained during the same period.

K.F. 

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 Israeli forces conduct house-to-house raids and searches in Tulkarm neighborhood

TULKARM, June 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces on Thursday conducted house-to-house raids and searches in the Iktaba neighborhood, east of the occupied WSest Bank city of Tulkarm, according to WAFA correspondent.

She said that Israeli army vehicles and infantry troops stormed the neighborhood, and carried out house-to-house raids, breaking into civilians’ houses, stores, and warehouses, wreaking havoc inside, terrorizing civilians, and resulting in substantial material damage.

The soldiers brutally interrogated and assaulted several young men. Video recordings show the soldiers smashing the doors of several stores and committing deliberate acts of sabotage against property.

The occupation forces have been waging an onslaught on Tulkarm and the nearby refugee camps of Tulkarm and Nur Shams for 137 consecutive days, concurrently with frequent raids into the city environs, as well as into the towns and villages of Tulkarm governorate.

K.F.

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 Israeli forces detain two Palestinians from West Bank

RAMALLAH, June 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces on Thursday evening detained two Palestinians from the occupied West Bank governorates of Ramallah and Jenin, according to eyewitnesses and local sources.

Eyewitnesses said that the heavily armed soldiers brutally assaulted a young man, pinned him to the ground, and eventually detained him from Kobar town, northwest of Ramallah.

A video footage shows a soldier pinning the young man to the ground while handcuffed after beating him up.

Meanwhile, Israeli troops showed up at a store in al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin, muscled inside, held all those inside, and rounded up a young man.

The gun-toting infantry soldiers held and assaulted several minors, and fired barrages of tear gas in the streets and towards a gathering of people near a fodder factory.

The occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids are conducted without the need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses, in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Under Israeli military law, army commanders have full executive, legislative, and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Note: Despite the Trump administration support for the Israeli occupation apartheid regime, the U.S. official policy is still considering the Israeli settlement activities in the Palestinian territories as illegal.

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 Illegal Israeli settlers hurl stones towards Palestinian-owned vehicles near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, June 12, 2025 (WAFA) – 

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers hurled stones at Palestinian vehicles on Thursday afternoon near the villages of Abu Fala'h and Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah.

The settlers reportedly hurled stones at passing cars and scattered nails along the main road connecting the villages of Abu Fala'h and Al-Mughayyir, causing damage to multiple vehicles and endangering commuters.

In a related development, dozens of colonists stormed the eastern entrance to the village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah, and headed to the Al-Ras area, which they had recently seized. They erected a large flagpole bearing the Israeli flag in the middle of the area.

Y.S.

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IOFs uproot olive trees in Nablus, seize bulldozer in Toubas

Thursday 12-June-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) uprooted several olive trees in 'Odala village, south of Nablus, on Wednesday evening.

Local sources reported that Israeli bulldozers uprooted olive trees near the 'Odala bridge, belonging to citizen Ziyad Sa'eed Abdul Ra'heem.

Meanwhile, the IOF' seized a bulldozer while it was operating in the Khirbet Yerza area, east of Toubas.

Mokhlis Masa'eed, head of the Yerza village council, stated that the IOF troops stormed the area and confiscated a bulldozer belonging to citizen Mu'hammed Ali Masa'eed.

Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation, with American support, has been committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, resulting in over 181,000 Palestinians killed or injured—most of them women and children—as well as over 11,000 missing and hundreds of thousands displaced.

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For fifth day, illegal Israeli settlers block access to West Bank town amid rising violence

Thursday 12-June-2025

NABLUS, (PIC)

For the fifth consecutive day, dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs), have blockaded the main entrance to the Palestinian town of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya, located south of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

Dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers stormed the village’s entrance, performed Talmudic rituals, and obstructed the movement of residents and vehicles in and out of the town. The IOFs reinforced the blockade by closing the main iron gate leading to the town.

The settlers, emboldened by military protection, have issued threats to demolish more than 20 Palestinian homes in the village, which lies along the main highway connecting Nablus and Ramallah.

On Sunday evening, settlers used social media to incite further aggression, calling for the destruction of infrastructure and homes. They announced plans to gather every evening at 7:30 p.m. to perform rituals and blockade the town until demolitions are carried out.

The settler incitement has also targeted the town’s educational institutions, many of which are situated along the same highway.

This marks the seventh time in 12 days that settlers have sealed the entrance to Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya. These actions are part of a broader campaign of settler violence across the West Bank, which has intensified since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023.

According to the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, IOFs and settlers carried out 1,691 attacks against Palestinians and their property in May alone—including 415 direct assaults by settlers. The violence has included the theft of livestock, destruction of agricultural land, and home invasions.

In tandem with the assault on Gaza, IOFs and settlers have escalated their campaign of repression in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, killing at least 974 Palestinians, injuring more than 7,000, and arresting over 17,000 people, according to Palestinian sources. 

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 Israeli settlers assault Palestinians in West Bank towns under IOFs protection

Thursday 12-June-2025

NABLUS, (PIC)

Three Palestinians were injured on Thursday when Israeli settlers launched coordinated attacks on homes in the town of Baita, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.

The assaults were carried out under the protection of Israeli occupation forces (IOFs), according to local sources.

Settlers from the illegal Avitar outpost on Mount Subai'h stormed the neighborhoods of Za’tara and Bir Qouza, damaging several vehicles and attempting to invade residential areas.

Palestinian residents resisted the incursion, triggering confrontations during which three civilians sustained injuries, including fractures and bruises. Several others suffered from tear gas inhalation.

In a related incident, settlers also attacked Palestinian agricultural lands in Aree'ha (Jericho). In the Shallal Al-'Awja area north of the city, settlers grazed their sheep on privately owned land, having first seized feed supplies and blocked Palestinian herders from accessing their pastures.

'Hassan Mulai'hat, general supervisor of the Al-Baydr Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, confirmed that armed settlers stormed the Bedouin community and imposed restrictions on residents’ livestock, effectively taking over the area’s natural resources.

These settler assaults are part of an intensifying wave of settler-led violence across the West Bank, often carried out with impunity and IOF backing. Human rights organizations warn that such actions are part of a broader strategy to displace Palestinian communities and entrench settler dominance in the occupied territories.

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IOFs deploy bulldozers to Jineen refugee camp to demolish 95 homes

Thursday 12-June-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) deployed military reinforcements and bulldozers to the Jineen refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Thursday, escalating their campaign of destruction in the area.

Local sources reported that the IOFs, accompanied by bulldozers, moved from the Al-Jalama military checkpoint toward the camp, preparing to carry out the demolition of homes previously marked for destruction earlier this week.

On Monday evening, the Israeli occupation announced its intention to demolish 95 homes in various parts of the Jineen camp, particularly in the western quarter and along Al-Sikka and Abdullah 'Azzam streets.

According to the Jineen Municipality, the IOFs demolished around 600 homes — either partially or completely — inside the besieged camp since the latest wave of aggression began on January 21.

Northern West Bank refugee camps, especially Jineen, Toulkarm, and Nour refugee Shams, have seen a sharp rise in Israeli assaults, displacing over 50,000 residents so far. The destruction of homes, infrastructure, and public facilities continues amid growing fears of a broader plan to permanently alter the identity and layout of these camps and erase their historical and social fabric.

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Thousands of Palestinians hold mass demonstration against home demolitions in the Naqab desert

NAQAB, June 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

Thousands of Palestinian Bedouins on Thursday held a mass demonstration over Israel’s policy of home demolitions and colonial expansionist plans in the Naqab desert.

Thousands took to the streets in front of the Israeli government offices in Bir al-Sabi', carrying black flags and placards bearing slogans calling for halting home demolitions and forcible expulsion of Palestinians, as well as for the cancellation of former Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli’s plan aimed at the forced displacement of Palestinians from the Naqab desert.

They shouted slogans condemning Israel’s racist policies and practices against the indigenous Palestinians of the Naqab desert.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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 Israeli colonists attack Palestinian homes in Nablus, graze their livestock on lands near Jericho

NABLUS, June 12, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Israeli colonists launched an attack Thursday on Palestinian homes in the town of Beita, located south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.

Residents told the official Palestinian news agency WAFA that colonists  from a newly established outpost on land south of the town stormed several neighborhoods, including Za’atara and Bir Qouzah.

 The colonists reportedly vandalized multiple vehicles and attempted to break into homes before local residents confronted them and forced them to retreat.

In a separate incident, armed Israeli colonists on Thursday forcefully entered the Shalla al-Auja area north of Jericho and began grazing their sheep on Palestinian-owned land, according to local reports.

Hassan Mleihat, general coordinator of the Al-Baidar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, told WAFA  that colonists stormed the area, confiscated feed and pasture belonging to local residents, and prevented Palestinian herders from releasing their livestock from nearby enclosures.

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UNRWA Commissioner-General says US model for distributing aid in Gaza is 'deeply humiliating, degrading, and putting lives at risk'

NEW YORK, June 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said on Thursday that "the US aid mechanism in the Gaza Strip will not address the worsening hunger, and the horrific Hunger Games cannot become a new reality."

In a post on X, he described the model for distributing this aid in Gaza, outside UN supervision, as "deeply humiliating, degrading, and putting lives at risk."

Lazzarini emphasized that "the United Nations has the knowledge, experience, and community trust to provide dignified and safe assistance."

The Commissioner-General urged UNRWA to allow humanitarian workers to carry out their work in the Strip.

The Gaza Strip has been suffering a catastrophic humanitarian crisis since the occupation closed all crossings on March 2, preventing the entry of food, medicine, aid, and fuel.

The ongoing war of genocide, which began on October 7, 2023, has left approximately 182,000 dead and wounded, most of them children and women, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and a famine that has claimed the lives of many, including children, as well as widespread destruction of infrastructure affecting more than 75% of the Gaza Strip.

K.T.

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UNRWA Commissioner-General says US model for distributing aid in Gaza is 'deeply humiliating, degrading, and putting lives at risk'

NEW YORK, June 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said on Thursday that "the US aid mechanism in the Gaza Strip will not address the worsening hunger, and the horrific Hunger Games cannot become a new reality."

In a post on X, he described the model for distributing this aid in Gaza, outside UN supervision, as "deeply humiliating, degrading, and putting lives at risk."

Lazzarini emphasized that "the United Nations has the knowledge, experience, and community trust to provide dignified and safe assistance."

The Commissioner-General urged UNRWA to allow humanitarian workers to carry out their work in the Strip.

The Gaza Strip has been suffering a catastrophic humanitarian crisis since the occupation closed all crossings on March 2, preventing the entry of food, medicine, aid, and fuel.

The ongoing war of genocide, which began on October 7, 2023, has left approximately 182,000 dead and wounded, most of them children and women, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and a famine that has claimed the lives of many, including children, as well as widespread destruction of infrastructure affecting more than 75% of the Gaza Strip.

K.T.

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Starvation of Gaza’s civilian population constitutes war crime, Sweden’s FM says

STOCKHOLM, June 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

The starvation of the civilian population of the Gaza Strip as a method of warfare constitutes a war crime, Sweden Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard stated on Thursday.

“Using the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare constitutes a war crime. Life-saving humanitarian aid can never be politicized or militarized,” Minister Stenergard was reported in the Sweden Herald.

She stressed the urgent need that “food, water and medicine quickly reach the hard-hit civilian population, many of whom are women and children, who are currently living in completely inhumane conditions.”

Responding to a question about whether Israel is guilty of war crimes by using starvation in the course of its genocidal aggression on Gaza, Minister Stenergard replied: “Right now, there is a lot that suggests that Israel is not living up to its commitments under international humanitarian law.”

“It is ultimately the courts that should decide this,” she added.

She affirmed that the Swedish government has increased support to aid organizations, such as the UN's food program, UNICEF and the International Red Cross Committee.

K.F.

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European foreign ministers call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza during Rome summit

ROME, June 12, 2025 (WAFA) —

In a joint statement issued Thursday evening, the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and the United Kingdom, along with the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

The statement followed a high-level meeting held in the Italian capital, Rome, focused on security in the Euro-Atlantic region and the ongoing war in Ukraine. The summit was also attended by NATO Secretary General and the Ukrainian Foreign Minister.

"We will strengthen our partnerships in regions impacting our security to counter instability and promote peace and prosperity, particularly in the Mediterranean, Africa, the Western Balkans, the Black Sea region, and the Middle East and North Africa," the European ministers stated.

In this context, they urged an immediate halt to the war in Gaza, the urgent resumption of humanitarian aid access to the territory, and the release of all hostages.

M.N.

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The Global Coalition calls on Egypt to cooperate with convoys to break Gaza siege

Thursday 12-June-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Global Coalition Against the Occupation of Palestine called on Egyptian authorities to respond positively and cooperatively to the upcoming international march from Europe aimed at breaking the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip. The coalition affirmed that the campaign respects Egyptian sovereignty and local laws.

Ziyad Al-'Aloul, a member of the coalition, explained that the goals of the campaign are purely humanitarian — to lift the siege on Gaza, end the suffering of its residents, and pressure Israel to halt the ongoing genocide against civilians, according to Arabi 21.

He added that the participants in the campaign are Western activists from various fields and sectors, including parliamentarians, university professors, lawyers, students, and doctors. They have come from various countries across Europe and the Americas, and thousands of them have already begun arriving in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, in preparation to head to the Rafa'h border crossing.

He said that around 10,000 people have registered for the march, with over 4,000 already confirming their travel arrangements, noting that “the majority of participants will arrive in the coming hours.”

On Wednesday, Egyptian authorities turned away several solidarity activists upon arrival in Cairo. Al-'Aloul expressed regret over these incidents, which included the deportation of some lawyers from Turkey, Morocco, and Algeria — both from the airport and from some hotels. “We hope such incidents will not be repeated,” he said.

Al-Aloul emphasized that all participants in the campaign have signed pledges to respect Egyptian sovereignty and applicable laws. “We are keen on full cooperation with Egyptian authorities and are committed to the peaceful path of the campaign,” he said.

He concluded by noting that the European march coincides with the “Maghreb Steadfastness Convoy” arriving from North Africa. The two efforts were coordinated to ensure that humanitarian actions from around the world converge in a unified message of solidarity with Gaza.

Last Sunday, an international solidarity march with Gaza was launched, with thousands of participants from more than 32 countries around the world. The humanitarian initiative aims to break the 18-year-long blockade on the Strip and call for an end to the genocidal war launched by Israel on October 7, 2023.

According to the organizers, the convoys are assembling in Cairo today, Thursday, before setting off for the city of Al-Arish in northeastern Egypt. From there, participants plan to walk toward the Rafah border crossing, where they will set up symbolic protest tents near the border.

Al-'Aloul also noted that the European march coincides with the arrival of the “Maghreb Steadfastness Convoy,” which departed from Algeria, in a joint effort that reflects the unity of the international grassroots movement.

Since October 7, Israel has launched an unprecedented assault on the Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing and injury of more than 181,000 Palestinians, most of whom are women and children. Over 11,000 people are missing, amid a suffocating blockade and worsening famine, as the world largely turns a blind eye.

Nearly 2 million Palestinians have been left homeless after their homes were destroyed by the war machine and they were forcibly displaced. Meanwhile, humanitarian aid continues to be severely restricted, raising urgent alarms of an impending historical humanitarian catastrophe.

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Editorial Notes about terms & names of people and places:

1. Names of people and places have been standardized to match standard Arabic grammatical rules.

2. Underlined letters and letters preceded by an apostrophe are references to Arabic letter sounds, which does not exist in the English alphabet.

3. The English letter i is equivalent to the Arabic short vowel known as kasra, as in Ibraheem and Qasim as well as in the English words sit and bit. So, it is incorrect to use it as a long vowel for such Arabic names as Jameel and Jibreel.

4. The English letter e is equivalent to the Arabi short vowel known as fat'ha, as in A'hmed and Mu'hammed.

5. It is more accurate to refer to the land-grabbing Israelis, who establish illegal settlements in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, as illegal Israeli settlers, than referring to them as colonists.

The term colony is a reference to a large entity or a country, such as American states before independence. It was also a reference to Egypt, and India, when they were British colonies.

In addition, the term "colony" represents a positive nostalgic theme, in the minds of native speakers of English, particularly in America and Britain.

6. It is more accurate to use the verbs "abduct" and "kidnap" than the verbs "detain" and "arrest," in reference to taking Palestinian citizens by force to prisons and interrogation centers, by Israeli occupation regime soldiers. This is because the presence of the Israeli occupation regime forces is illegal in the Palestinian territories, and they have no jurisdiction over the Palestinian people.

Click here for more about using the apostrophe and the underlining of letters in the transliteration of Arabic names. 

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Names of some of the Palestinian cities, as pronounced in standard Arabic, and their foreign names in parentheses: 

Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Nusayrat

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Aree'ha (Jericho)

Al-Zaytoun (al-Zeitoun)

Bait (Beit)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Dair El-Bala'h

Jineen (Jenin)

Khan Younus (Khan Younis)

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Person's names as pronounced in standard Arabic:

A'hmed, 'Hasan, Mu'hammed, Younus, Yousuf,  

'Hasan Mulai'hat,

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Conflict terminology

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (the Israeli government)

Illegal Israeli settlers (instead of settlers, colonists)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers

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